RALPH MYERS CONT. CORP. v. DEPT. OF TR.


496 Pa. 197 (1981)

436 A.2d 612

RALPH MYERS CONTRACTING CORPORATION, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 5, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dusty L. Elias, Hollinshead & Mendelson, Leonard L. Mendelson, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Kenneth Lee Sable, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ward T. Williams, Chief Counsel, Dept. of Transp., John J. Buchy, Jr., Harrisburg, for appellee.

Before O'BRIEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY and KAUFFMAN, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

The issue presented by this appeal is whether the total amount of an award consisting of principal and interest may be considered, in effect, a new principal amount upon which interest may be calculated from date of entry of the Board awarded judgment until date of payment.

The Board of Arbitration of Claims entered the following award in favor of appellant, Ralph Myers Contracting Corporation ("Myers"):

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